Topic: First Impressions: SteamWorld Tower Defense

Hi all! Anyone take the plunge and get this one? I am curious if it is worth the 500 points.

Interested to hear anyone else's impressions of this game. Need more tower defense!

It's going good so far. Any questions?

Does it stick to the tower defense formula closely or does it innovate like Starship Defense? How is the presentation, is it high quality? How's the gameplay, varied and fun? How far have you gone and how long does the game look?

I'm teetering on the edge of buying this game because I've been jonesing for more portable tower defense.

Okay, so I've played about 5 stages so far. It's quite challenging if you ask me. Presentation is good, yep. Gameplay so far is somewhat varied in the sense that you don't get to start with all the towers from the get-go (like starship Defense). You gradually unlock new ones. I can't tell on the game's length so far, sorry. In terms of innovation, I think it's a neat approach with the western theme, but nothing as innovative as say Fieldrunners where you make your own paths. Hope this helps.

I haven't got any tower defense games on dsiware yet. Should I get this or starship patrol?

Hmmmm. Good question. For your very first one, go for Starship.

Thanks for the advice, I might get this at a later date.

No prob. Look into Libera Wing and Fieldrunners as well, and see if those sound appealing to you.

I don't like the look of libera wing but I might get fielrunners at some point.

Yeah, I encourage you to do that.

Fieldrunners is really good, good difficulti, length and gameplay.